Tommy faile biography

Lancaster News, February 1949

As his thousands of friends across the State of South Carolina sat by their radios cheering him on, Tommy Faile, guitarist and vocalist of the "WIS Hired Hands" group, gave a good accounting of his talents on the coast-to-coast NBC "Philip Morris Night with Horace Heidt" broadcast from Miami Beach, Florida, on Sunday evening February 6.

These many Palmetto State folks recognized his well-controlled voice as one they hear twice daily (at 8:30 AM and 12:15 PM, 12:00-noon Saturdays) as a member of the "WIS Hired Hands" group for sponsors City Auto Sales, Good Enuf Flour, and Cate-McLaurin Company.

Tommy had been a contestant on the local appearance of "Horace Heidt's Parade of Philip Morris Stars" stage show held earlier at Columbia Township Auditorium under sponsorship of the Columbia Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Although he was not a winner in this competition, Heidt recognized him as a